Enfield Town Council Begins Roads 2015 Discussion

ENFIELD – The town council and staff met Wednesday night to begin discussion of a town-wide road project that would run through 2019.

Staff from the town's department of public works discussed two possible plans: one that would use computer-generated data on the state of each road to determine whether it needs work; and a second plan which would use that data but also include roads in Buckhorn Estates and Crescent Lake, two areas of town in which the residents have been vocal about the need for road improvements.

Both plans carry about a $40 million price tag, which would be spread out over five years.

The first plan includes approximately 40 arterial roads and 200 residential roads to be addressed over the five-year plan. The second plan, with Crescent Lake and Buckhorn Estates, includes approximately 20 arterial roads and fewer than 200 residential roads. Some roads would be revisited each year and some would only be addressed once. For example, instead of addressing all of Elm Street in one year, it would be treated in parts over a series of years.

No decisions were made Wednesday. The town council must decide whether it wants to move forward with a project, how much funding to allocate, how they want to approach certain roads, and which plan they want to put to a public vote in November.